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- Title
Assessing culturally different students for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder using behavior rating scales.
- Authors
Reid, Robert; DuPaul, George J.; Power, Thomas J.; Anastopoulos, Arthur D.; Rogers-Adkinson, Diana; Noll, Mary-Beth; Riccio, Cynthia; Reid, R; DuPaul, G J; Power, T J; Anastopoulos, A D; Rogers-Adkinson, D; Noll, M B; Riccio, C
- Abstract
Behavior rating scales are commonly used in the assessment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, there is little information available concerning the extent to which scales are valid with culturally different students. This study explored the use of the ADHD-IV Rating Scale School Version with male Caucasian (CA) and African American (AA) students from ages 5 to 18 years. Teachers rated AA students higher on all symptoms across all age groups. LISREL analysis indicated that scale does not perform identically across groups. This was supported by the results of multidimensional scaling with suggested that there is a different relation between items across groups. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STUDENTS; ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; CAUCASIAN race; AFRICAN Americans; STATISTICS on Black people; ANALYSIS of variance; BEHAVIORAL assessment; CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; PERSONALITY tests; MATHEMATICAL models of psychology; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH; WHITE people; ETHNOLOGY research; EVALUATION research; STATISTICAL models; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1998, Vol 26, Issue 3, p187
- ISSN
0091-0627
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1022620217886